Retail giant hopes machine learning will weed out tricksters
Amazon has rejigged its product reviews systems for customers in the US, in an apparent move to mute fake ratings on the retail giant’s service.…
Microsoft U-turns on ‘free’ Windows 10 upgrade promise for ALL previewers
Funny, that
Microsoft has been forced to quietly edit a misleading blog post that seemed to suggest that anyone could get their mitts on Windows 10 for free – if they first installed a test version of Redmond’s upcoming operating system for PCs.…
Docker and chums unveil standards org for software containers
Linux Foundation to oversee specs for containers and runtime
DockerCon 2015 Docker has joined forces with the Linux Foundation to create a new organization that will oversee and manage open standards for application containers.…
Inside the Open Container Project: Docker sings kumbaya
Linux Foundation-led effort promises a single spec for all
DockerCon 2015 For a while, it looked as though software containers were heading for the kind of standards squabble that has plagued the tech industry too often in its history.…
Incoming! Linux 4.1 kernel lands
Crypto, power gobbling, performance and more tweaked
The 4.1 release of the Linux kernel has hit, after what Linus Torvalds says was a “very quiet week” since Release Candidate 8 dropped.…
Greens back inquiry into Aussie video games industry
Where did the game studios go?
Greens Deputy Leader Scott Ludlam has won support to set Australia’s Senate on a search for our missing computer game development industry.…
Microsoft sez soz over Windows 10 ‘freebie’ balls-up
‘This is a very complex topic’, grumbles bumbling Redmond OS chief
Microsoft has attempted yet more damage control regarding Windows 10, after the software giant confused world+dog into thinking that anyone could qualify for a freebie version of its soon-to-be-released operating system.…
Google presses ‘send’ on ‘undo send’ – AT LAST
No regrets after six-year beta
Google has decreed that the “Undo Send” feature in Gmail, which it first unveiled in Gmail Labs in 2009, is ready to go mainstream.…
Killer ChAraCter HOSES almost all versions of Reader, Windows
Google Project Zero bod drops 15 remote code execution holes
Get patching: Google Project Zero hacker Mateusz Jurczyk has dropped 15 remote code execution vulnerabilities, including a single devastating hack against Adobe Reader and Windows he reckons beats all exploit defences.…
Microsoft releases free Office apps for half of all Android phones
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint up for grabs
Redmond’s plan to get its code running everywhere took another step forward on Wednesday when it released free versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android phones.…